Overview
- Describes the diversity of plants that exist over one thousand meters above sea-level
- Utilizes a variety of case studies, including examples from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Russia, Indonesia, and more
- Addresses how future climate change scenarios will impact high-altitude ecosystems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
This book covers studies on the systematics of plant taxa and will include general vegetational aspects and ecological characteristics of plant life at altitudes above 1000 m. from different parts of the world. This volume also addresses how upcoming climate change scenarios will impact high altitude plant life. It presents case studies from the most important mountainous areas like the Himalayas, Caucasus and South America covering the countries like Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kirghizia, Georgia, Russia,Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Americas. The book will serve as an invaluable resource source undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers.
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Munir Ozturk is a Consultant Fellow at the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has published more than 400 papers in national and international journals, more than 50 book chapters, and has edited more than 10 books with Springer and Cambridge Scholars. Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem is a post-doctorate research fellow at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has edited and authored more than seven books, more than 20 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, and 10 book chapters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems
Editors: Münir Öztürk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, I. Faridah-Hanum, Recep Efe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12859-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12858-0Published: 22 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38346-0Published: 17 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12859-7Published: 05 May 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 696
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 221 illustrations in colour
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Ecology